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taioba

taioba noun: the plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or occasionally the similar and related plant Xanthosoma taioba), which produces edible corms and leaves.

Noun

taioba

  1. The plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or occasionally the similar and related plant Xanthosoma taioba), which produces edible corms and leaves.
    • […] taioba, a vegetable in great demand among the state's quarter-million Brazilian residents.2014, Eat Your Greens: The Surprising Power of Homegrown Leaf Crops, page 109
    • Taioba starch displays a high amylopectin content, which enables its digestive process as demonstrated by Espinosa-Solis et al. (2021). Results showed that the taioba sample exhibits higher moisture levels […]2025, Tanmay Sarkar et al., Health, Nutrition, and Sustainability, page 421

Origin of taioba

Brazilian Portuguese taioba, from Old Tupi taîoba, taîaoba.

Questions about taioba

What does taioba mean?
Taioba means the plant Xanthosoma sagittifolium (or occasionally the similar and related plant Xanthosoma taioba), which produces edible corms and leaves.
What part of speech is taioba?
Taioba is a noun.

Words near taioba in the dictionary

  1. taintproof
  2. taints
  3. tainture
  4. taintures
  5. Tainui
  6. taioba
  7. Taioha'e
  8. Taiohae
  9. Taiowa
  10. Taipa
  11. Taipa Grande

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